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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This entire thread is weird to me….kids don’t train and race to hit a specific cut for a specific age group.  They swim and train to swim as fast as they possibly can in events regardless of age…it’s not like a swim coach is going to say “hey Suzie only swim a 37.5 in your 50 breaststroke today because that is the JO cut”….

And agree that the ISA swimming age cuts is the fairest deal out there in youth sports[/quote]

huh.. do you know anything about swimming?

Sure kids train to swim as fast as they can but there are time cuts you need to hit in order to be elidable to swim at the top meets. Sure Suzie is going to swim as fast as she can but if Suzie is 12 she can swim 37.5 and make the meet but when she turns 13 the next day she may need to swim 34.

It is what it is though. Thing will never be 100% fair, that is life. 
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Thanks for informing me how swimming cuts work...my kid has multiple NCSA cuts so I think I might know something about how swim cuts work.  my point is kids race to go as fast as they can and coaches train them to go as fast as they can...the age group they practice in does not dictate their training...we have multiple lanes of swimmers doing workouts at different internvals at my kids' site...they train by their speed not by their age.....this is why this thread is silly to me.  If a swimmer is fast enough to hit a 11-12 cut then they are fast enough to hit it.....and agree it would be absurd to have a 13 year old racing 11 year olds at a Championship level meet[/quote]

NCSA is a great example - the age group meet has single age cuts so the February birthday kid is at the worst disadvantage every single year, rather than just  every other year. It is not hard at all for kids with birthdays right after NCSAs to make those cuts, but pretty hard for the kids who have just turned their age. The meet is the same weekend every year, so benefits the same kids year after year… do you see the problem? [/quote]

But, NCSA also has a summer champs, there are zones, national meets, high school meets, all at different times of the year. If they are really that good, it won't matter. If they aren't and it really bothers you that much, switch them to a birthyear sport where they will have an advantage over the younger kids.[/quote]

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